On 6 Jan 2019, at 11:14 AM, Ken Cameron <kcameron@...> wrote:
I just took a look and the PowerCab doesn't have the concept of track power
being on/off. At least the notes I have don't identify any command for track
power. If that is true, JMRI shouldn't even bother you with the option of an
on/off if it can't work. But I'd want somebody else to verify this.
The NCE DCC systems don't actually support Power OFF/ON commands:
- With the Power Pro system we fudge it by using the ENTER PROG TRACK MODE and EXIT PROG TRACK MODE commands. This works with the Power Pro because there are two outputs (Track and Program Track) and one or other is always active (but never both at the same time).
- The Power Cab system has a single shared output and it is never off. ENTER PROG TRACK MODE switches it to power-limited mode. EXIT PROG TRACK MODE switches it to full power mode. So we can't use the fudge above.
Dave in Australia
